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Prevalence and Characteristics of Hoarding Behaviour and Domestic Squalor among Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability Receiving Residential or Outpatient Care
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Hendrien Kaal; David Gast; Jacob Scholte ter Horst – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: To date, no studies have examined the prevalence of hoarding behaviour and domestic squalor among individuals with mild intellectual disability. To address this gap, we conducted a prevalence study within a population supported by a medium-sized care organisation in the Netherlands. Method: Data were collected on 437 individuals with…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Incidence, Adults, Mild Intellectual Disability
The Impact of Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder on Restraint and Seclusion in Pre-Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients
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O'Donoghue, Elizabeth M.; Pogge, David L.; Harvey, Philip D. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: Features of intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may hinder responsiveness to interventions typically used during psychiatric hospitalization to manage severely disruptive behavior, and could increase the likelihood of experiencing restraint and/or seclusion (R/S). This study investigated the occurrence…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Punishment
DNA Methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor across Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Siu, Michelle T.; Goodman, Sarah J.; Yellan, Isaac; Butcher, Darci T.; Jangjoo, Maryam; Grafodatskaya, Daria; Rajendram, Rageen; Lou, Youliang; Zhang, Rujun; Zhao, Chunhua; Nicolson, Rob; Georgiades, Stelios; Szatmari, Peter; Scherer, Stephen W.; Roberts, Wendy; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Weksberg, Rosanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) share common learning and behavioural impairments, as well as features such as dysregulation of the oxytocin hormone. Here, we examined DNA methylation (DNAm) in the 1st intron of the oxytocin receptor gene, "OXTR," in patients with autism spectrum (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD)…
Descriptors: Genetics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Biochemistry
Verbal Ability and Psychiatric Symptoms in Clinically Referred Inpatient and Outpatient Youth with ASD
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Lerner, Matthew D.; Mazefsky, Carla A.; Weber, Rebecca J.; Transue, Emilie; Siegel, Matthew; Gadow, Kenneth D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience high rates of psychiatric symptoms, but the relation between verbal ability and psychiatric symptoms is unknown. This study utilized a large sample of clinically referred inpatient and outpatient youth with ASD to compare psychiatric comorbidity between verbal and minimally-verbal youth,…
Descriptors: Youth, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Disorders
Medical Art Therapy Research Moves Forward: A Review of Clay Manipulation with Parkinson's Disease
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Elkis-Abuhoff, Deborah L.; Gaydos, Morgan – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This article explores research on clay manipulation art therapy for individuals with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). An overview of 3 phases of the authors' previous research includes (a) comparison of people living with PD to control in a single individual setting, (b) investigation of negative psychological symptoms in a single…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Diseases, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Disorders
Specialized Psychiatric Services: Patient Characteristics, Referral Practice and Length of Stay in a Representative Clinical Sample 2010-2016
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Bakken, Trine Lise; Hoidal, Siv Helene – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Background: Mental health services for patients intellectual disabilities (ID) and additional mental illnesses are only sparsely studied. Objective: The objective was to describe a representative sample of patients with ID in a specialized psychiatric department. Methods: Data were collected from case files in a 7-year period. Of 143 invited…
Descriptors: Patients, Psychiatric Hospitals, Behavior Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A Clinician's Guide to Co-Occurring ADHD among Adolescent Substance Users: Comorbidity, Neurodevelopmental Risk, and Evidence-Based Treatment Options
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Hogue, Aaron; Evans, Steven W.; Levin, Frances R. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2017
This article introduces neurodevelopmental and clinical considerations for treating adolescents with co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adolescent substance use (ASU) in outpatient settings. We first describe neurobiological impairments common to ADHD and ASU, including comorbidity with conduct disorder, that evoke a…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intervention, Screening Tests, Substance Abuse